Process

(pros’ -es) [proce us, from procedere, to go]. I. A course of action; a group of phenomena, as the inflammatory P. 2. A prominence or outgrowth, as the spinous P. of a vertebra, the axis-cylinder P. of a nerve. P., Alveolar. See Alveolar. P., Auditory, the curved plate of bone surrounding the external auditory meatus for the greater part of its circumference, and serving for the attachment of the cartilage of the external ear. P., Basilar. See Basilar. P., Ciliary. See Ciliary. P., Conoid. See Conoid Tubercle. P., Coracoid. See Coracoid. P. Coronoid. 1. A thin, flattened proce projecting from the anterior portion of the upper border of the ramus of the lower jaw, and serving for the attachment of the temporal muscle. 2. A triangular projection from the upper end of the ulna, forming the lower part of the greater sigmoid cavity. P., Deiters’, the axis cylinder proce of a nerve-cell. P., Dendritic. See P., Protoplasmic. P., Ensiform, the cartilaginous tip at the lower end of the sternum. P., Ethmoid, one of the projections from the superior border of the inferior turbinated bone. P., External Angular, the projection on the outer extremity of the supraorbital arch of the frontal bone. P., Falciform: I. A proce of the fascia lat a of the thigh, forming the outer and upper margin of the saphenous opening. It is known also as the Falciform P. of Burns. 2. The falx cerebri. P., Hamular: I. A hook-like proce of bone on the lower extremity of the internal pterygoid plate, around which the tendon of the tensor palati turns. 2. Of the lacrimal bone, the hook-like termination of the lacrimal crest. P., Internal Angular, the inner extremity of the supraorbital arch of the frontal bone. P., Jugular. See Jugular. P., Lacrimal, a short proce of the inferior turbinated bone that articulates with the lacrimal bone. P., ch605.xhtml l 524